Venkateswaran Eswaran

Lead a Global team of Analysts, who constructs Business Metrics Cognos Dashboards for IBM Finance to drive enhanced data driven decisions and enable data mining capabilities:

• Data Analytics to identify Transformation opportunities
• Collaborate with Data Science team to construct data modules & business metrics in Cognos platform

Finance Centre of Excellence Leader for Bangalore F&P with 400 Finance Analysts:

• Partner with Global Business Unit CFO's to ensure right talents are aligned for right position
• Drive Employee engagement & Career development initiatives
• Collaborate with Global leadership in developing Talent retention & growth initiatives

Group Leader for 70 Finance Analysts, who supports the entry level of Finance Planning responsibilities

• Second Line Leader responsibility with 4 First line Managers
• Global Finance support team for Capex, Billing and Inter Company Agreements
• Escalation & Stakeholder Management
• Ensure & drive adherence to all Finance spending guidelines
• Hiring, Training & Drive career progression for early professionals

CFO role for IBM Global Recruitment Organization's Finance:

• Partner with Global Recruitment leaders in Strategy to develop Annual Budget & Regional allocation
• Quarterly Forecast, Outlook & Roadmap
• Band Mix & Resource Mix workings to drive spending efficiency
• Drive Cost Per Hire reduction

Responsible to lead a team of 25 Finance Analysts supporting IBM Europe Finance:

• End to End Finance Metrics for Nordic Countries
• Drive Business results, construct roadmap & outlook analysis
• Process improvements
• Stake holder management & promote career progression

Finance Analyst responsible for Sector level business results:

• Monthly Actual Business performance & variance analysis
• Margin analysis, YtY, QtQ, Ledger analysis & Measurement reporting
• Spend & Resource analysis, projection, historical bridges and Incentive analysis
• Labor Rate calculation & Spend Recovery between Projects & Geos
• Roadmap construction for Gross Profit & Interlock with Business & Project teams and tracking
• Forecasting & Predictive analysis for future periods, roadmap action item to achieve targets and I&E
• Pipeline, Signing & Backlog analysis
• Strategic Annual Budget preparation, working with BU Leaders and Finance for Budget finalization
• Processing B/s and I&E Journal entries for Accruals, Deferrals, Loss Reserve & Allocation
• Contract, GP and Measurement Analysis
• Percentage of Completion Working & Provisional entries

Responsible for Book Keeping, Finance Planning, Direct & Indirect taxes & Audit:

• Accounts officer in Druck India Private Limited from Mar 2001 to May 2002, later Druck India got acquired by GE India Industrial Limited
• Managed & Owned end to end Book keeping
• Yearly Statutory Auditing, Tax & RoC Filings
• MIS Reporting of Group Companies both P&L and B/s
• US GAAP Reconciliation
• Forecasting & Budgeting